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In The New York Times Last Year: "The ‘candidates ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005

In the New York Times last year: “The ‘Candidates on Television’ listing yesterday misspelled the name of the Vice President in some editions. It is Quayle, not ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

When Jim Burke Became The Head Of A New Products ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

When Jim Burke became the head of a new products division at Johnson & Johnson, one of his first projects was the development of a children?s chest rub. The product failed miserably, and Burke expected that he would be fired. When he was called in to see the chairman of the board, however, he met a ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Some Years Ago, The News Service Carried A Story ...  PRO

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 23, 2005

Some years ago, the news service carried a story about a dramatic rescue. A California Highway Patrol officer received a call. It seems a woman was about to jump off a bridge. Immediately the officer, a woman herself, was confronted with a dilemma. This police officer had an extreme fear of ...read more

Tags: Humanity Of Christ

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

American Average Life Spans Have Set A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

American average life spans have set a new record, 76.5 years. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Death

Raise Sales By 20% Without Attracting Any New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Raise Sales by 20% without attracting any new customers? Leo J. Shapiro & Assoc., a Chicago market research firm, says supermarkets can do just that by, among other things, making sure they don’t run out of stock and providing better help to customers looking for goods. If ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

New Rules Barna Research Group Has Identified The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

New Rules Barna Research Group has identified the following New Rules for the next generation. Some will encourage you, others will cause alarm. 1. Personal relationships count. Institutions don’t. 2. The process is more important than the product. 3. Aggressively pursue diversity among ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Mega Church Growth Slows: A New Study By Scott ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Mega Church Growth Slows: A new study by Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, indicates that after 20 years of rapid growth, churches of more than 2000 members, growth has markedly slowed. There are approximately 500 such mega churches in the U.S. and nearly all have a conservative theological ...read more

Tags: Church General

10,000 New Internet Domains Are Registered Every ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

10,000 new Internet domains are registered every day, 7 days a week. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Bible Survey A New Zondervan Survey Reveals Adult ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006

Bible Survey A new Zondervan survey reveals adult Americans’ perceptions about the Bible. Only 59% read the Bible occasionally, down from 73% in the ‘80’s and at least weekly ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Abc Cuts Religion: Disney-Owned Abc News Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

ABC Cuts Religion: Disney-owned ABC News is releasing its long-time religion correspondent, Peggy Wehmeyer, and doing away with her beat in October. The award-winning For 7 years she has been covering religious issues for the network and her departure means that none of the ...read more

Tags: World Religions

It Takes An Average Of 14.2 Years To Bring A New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

It takes an average of 14.2 years to bring a new drug from lab to market—then only 1 in 5 survives FDA scrutiny. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Moral Choices: New Barna Research Finds Many ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Moral Choices: New Barna research finds many adults attitudes conflict with the moral positions of their faith. On abortion, 41% of all adults stated that it should be legal in all or almost all circumstances and 55% said it should not be legal under any circumstances or only in a few special ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Church Wins Kids For Life: A New Barna Research ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Church Wins Kids For Life: A new Barna Research study finds that 71% of Americans adults had a period of time during their childhood when they regularly attended a Christian church. 61% of those who attended church as a youngster attend regularly today, while a 78% of those who didn’t still don’t ...read more

Tags: Children

Future Declin:e A New Barna Survey Discovered ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Future Declin:e A new Barna survey discovered that adults who attended church as a child are twice as likely to read the Bible during a typical week as are those who avoided churches when young; twice as likely to attend a church worship service in a typical week; and nearly 50% more likely to pray ...read more

Tags: Children

Fundraisers In New York State Kept 69% Of Funds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Fundraisers in New York state kept 69% of funds raised via telemarketing in ’02 Overall, charities kept less than half the money raised in 78% of campaigns reports the Better ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Marriage Helps A New Report Based On Census 2000 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Marriage Helps A new report based on Census 2000 data shows children of all races and ethnic groups who live in homes with married parents – as opposed to single or cohabiting parents -- are less likely to live in poverty. 80% to 95% of children, depending on race, who lived with ...read more

Tags: Children

Protect Marriage: A Recent New York Times/Cbs ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Protect Marriage: A recent New York Times/CBS News poll finds 59% of Americans now support a marriage protection amendment while 35% oppose it. ...read more

All You Is A New Monthly Time Inc. Women's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

All You is a new monthly Time Inc. women’s magazine aimed at reaching ‘value conscious American women.’ Debuting in September with a circulation of 500,000 it will be sold in Wal-Mart. All You will talk to women as they really are—recognizing all they accomplish every single ...read more

Tags: Women

Abortion- A New Zogby Poll Shows 56% Of Adult ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Abortion- A new Zogby poll shows 56% of adult Americans generally oppose abortion and 42% generally support it. Of the 42%, only 25% feel abortion should be legal for any reason during the first ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Suv's Accounted For 24% Of All New Vehicle Sales ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

SUV’s accounted for 24% of all new vehicle sales for ’03, and now account for 12% of registered vehicles. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment